After spending 43 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, Indian-origin man Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was ordered to be released from prison earlier this month. But before he could even step outside, he was taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody — and now faces deportation to India. A country he last saw as a baby. The 64-year-old grew up in Pennsylvania and has lived in the US since he was nine months old. He was exonerated of all charges on 2 October. However, ICE cited a decades-old deportation order from 1988 to justify his detention and deportation. The order was based on the same murder conviction and a separate drug-related offence. His family had spent decades hoping for his freedom, but is now left devastated. “All we want is for him to be

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